The Last Poet
154 Analyses of the Sonnets by William Shakespeare on Procreation, Love, Beauty, Time, Mortality, Nature, Creativity, and the Human Condition:
Poetry on Dying & Being Reborn. Arts, Sciences & Traditions for a Global Renaissance
By David Eldenstierna
“When I consider everything that grows, holds in perfection but a little moment,
That this huge stage presenteth nought but shows, whereon the stars in secret influence comment;
When I perceive that men as plants increase, cheered and checked even by the self-same sky,
Vaunt in their youthful sap, at height decrease, and wear their brave state out of memory.”
— Sonnet XV
